[Literature] Verne, Jules. Cinq semaines en ballon Voyage de découvertes en Afrique. Par trois Anglais. Rédigé sur les Notes du docteur Fergusson. Paris, J. Hetzel, editeur, Collection Hetzel, n.d. (1863). 1st ed. (6),354 p. Hmor., gilt-lettered spine. 8vo (172 x 116 mm). Name and date of former owner (5 aout 1874) in manuscript on first endpaper, verso htitle w. printer's name and address. Some foxing on title and on a few other lvs, sl. wear to corners and minor dam. to the back cover. First edition of the first book by the father of modern science fiction, telling the story of Dr. Samuel Ferguson and his two associates (Dick Kennedy and Joe) who venture to the undiscovered parts of Zanzibar in Africa by using a balloon called the 'Victoria'. With the first numerals dropped in the pagination of pages 247, 317, 337, & 342.

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